A homer by Lee May in the fourth inning and another by Tony Perez with two out in the ninth provided the Reds with a 2-1 victory over the Giants. A double by Ed Goodson and pinch-single by Al Gallagher accounted for the Giants' run in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 2, San Francisco Giants 1
Game Played on Thursday, July      15, 1971 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  7  0
Reds         0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  4  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Speier ss             4   0   0   0     0   2   .261      Rose rf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .308
Fuentes 2b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .275      Foster cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .247
Mays cf               2   0   0   0     0   2   .288      May 1b                4   1   1   1     0   1   .294
  Williams lf         2   0   0   0     0   1   .175      Bench lf,c            3   0   0   0     1   0   .248
Dietz c               3   0   2   0     1   0   .281      Perez 3b              4   1   2   1     0   0   .254
Henderson rf          3   0   0   0     0   1   .251      Helms 2b              2   0   0   0     1   0   .269
Rosario lf,cf         3   0   0   0     1   0   .257      Corrales c            3   0   1   0     0   0   .176
Lanier 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .220        Bradford pr,lf      0   0   0   0     0   0   .203
Goodson 1b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .233      Woodward ss           2   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Cumberland p          2   0   1   0     0   0   .071      Gullett p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .100
  Gallagher ph        1   0   1   1     0   0   .252        Carroll p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  J. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Carbo ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .223
                                                            Gibbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   1   7   1     2   6             Totals               28   2   4   2     3   3

Time of Game: 2:05   Attendance: 21,685
Left on Base: Giants 7, Reds 4
DP: Giants 1, Reds 1
Doubles: Goodson (1)
Home Runs: May (24), Perez (15)
Sacrifice Hits: Henderson (3), Woodward (5)
GIDP: Speier (8), Corrales (1)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cumberland              7     2   1   1   2   2   1  24   1.77
J. Johnson L(8-4)       1.2   2   1   1   1   1   1   8   2.64
Totals                  8.2   4   2   2   3   3   2  32

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gullett                 7.2   6   1   1   1   6   0  29   2.75
Carroll                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.29
Gibbon W(3-4)           1     1   0   0   1   0   0   5   2.85
Totals                  9     7   1   1   2   6   0  35

Umpires: HP - Augie Donatelli, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Jerry Dale


GIANTS 1ST: Speier was called out on strikes; Fuentes singled to
left; Mays was called out on strikes; Dietz walked [Fuentes to
second]; Henderson forced Dietz (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Foster
grounded out (shortstop to first); May flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Rosario flied out to right; Lanier grounded out
(pitcher to first); Goodson grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench popped to first; Perez singled; Helms walked
[Perez to second]; Corrales grounded into a double play (third
to second to first) [Helms out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Giants 0, Reds 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Cumberland flied out to right; Speier struck out;
Fuentes flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds
0.

REDS 3RD: Woodward grounded out (shortstop to first); Gullett
flied out to right; Rose grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Mays struck out; Dietz grounded out (shortstop to
first); Henderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0,
Reds 0.

REDS 4TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED MAYS (PLAYING LF); ROSARIO CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Foster flied out to left; May homered;
Bench walked; Perez popped to catcher; Helms forced Bench (third
to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 1.

GIANTS 5TH: Rosario grounded out (pitcher to first); Lanier
flied out to center; Goodson made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 1.

REDS 5TH: Corrales grounded out (third to first); Woodward
struck out; Gullett grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 1.

GIANTS 6TH: Cumberland singled to center; Speier grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Cumberland out at
second]; Fuentes made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Reds 1.

REDS 6TH: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Foster struck
out; May grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 1.

GIANTS 7TH: Williams struck out; Dietz singled to center;
Henderson flied out to left; Rosario flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 1.

REDS 7TH: Bench flied out to right; Perez flied out to center;
Helms grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Reds 1.

GIANTS 8TH: Lanier made an out to second; Goodson doubled to
center; GALLAGHER BATTED FOR CUMBERLAND; Gallagher singled to
center [Goodson scored]; Speier popped to first in foul
territory; Fuentes singled to left [Gallagher to second];
CARROLL REPLACED GULLETT (PITCHING); Williams popped to catcher
in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1, Reds 1.

REDS 8TH: J. JOHNSON REPLACED GALLAGHER (PITCHING); Corrales
singled to right; BRADFORD RAN FOR CORRALES; Woodward out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Bradford to second]; CARBO
BATTED FOR CARROLL; Carbo walked; Rose flied out to left; Foster
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1,
Reds 1.

GIANTS 9TH: GIBBON REPLACED CARBO (PITCHING); BRADFORD STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING LF); BENCH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); Dietz
singled; Henderson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Dietz to second]; Rosario was walked intentionally; Lanier
flied out to right; Goodson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1, Reds 1.

REDS 9TH: May was called out on strikes; Bench flied out to
center; Perez homered; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Reds 2.